Never Work with Animals
by Gareth Steel
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Pub Date 3 Feb 2022 | Archive Date 28 Feb 2024
HarperCollins UK, Nonfiction | HarperElement
Description
Imagine going from neurologist to dermatologist, orthopaedic surgeon to obstetrician, assassin to saviour – all in one day. Welcome to the extraordinary world of veterinary medicine…
In Never Work with Animals, vet Gareth Steel shares the moments of humour, horror and heroism across his 20-year career caring for creatures great and small, from bulls to stick insects.
Thought-provoking, heartwarming and often laugh-out-loud funny, this unforgettable memoir reveals what life is really like for our vets.
Available Editions
EDITION | Ebook |
ISBN | 9780008466596 |
PRICE | £4.49 (GBP) |
PAGES | 336 |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
As an ex vet nurse I knew I would enjoy this book. It should be a must read for everyone who owns a pet. I could relate to nearly everything said. A much better expose of life as a vet than "all creatures great and small" ever was.
Excellent vet memoir.
Gareth Steel has been a qualified vet for almost 20 years. I loved this book which draws on many of his experiences.
I like how he's not claiming to be the world's best vet, or some sort of brain box. He's a regular vet-not to make it sound an easy job-I'm sure we all know it certainly isn't. I don't know if he's a 'telly vet', I'd not heard his name before reading his book, but he certainly knows his stuff, and this is an excellent read.
I find books like this really interesting; I've read quite a few vet memoirs before, and watched a few different TV series about vet life, and this one didn't disappoint-it was exceptionally interesting.
There's a good assortment of cases: Horses, cows, cats and dogs etc. And the downsides, like when customers don't want to pay their bill-the bits you don't get to see on the TV programmes. Includes some more controversial subjects; some of them grittier, harder hitting than I've read about before.
Even though I've already read many of the same genre, still there’s something different here, some very different scenarios. A brilliant book which was very hard to put down.
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